Board of County Commissioners of Rio Blanco County, Colorado Rio Blanco County Annex,17497 State Highway 64 Rangely, Colorado 81648 Meeting Agenda January 23, 2024 This meeting will be streamed live on the RBC YouTube Channel at: http://youtube.com/c/RioBlancoCountyColorado I. Call to Order 9:00 AM. a) Pledge of Allegiance. b) Public Comment[Read More…]
Author: Herald Times Staff
Public Notices: January 11, 2024
Town of Rangely Notice of Public Hearing before Town of Rangely Liquor Licensing Authority Notice is herby given that a public hearing to consider the application filed on November 29, 2023, by Family Dollar stores of Colorado, LLC, located at 600 E Main, Rangely, Colorado 81648, has requested the Liquor[Read More…]
Highlights, lowlights and other clips and cuts from a year of local news in 2023…
Meeker’s recycling program came to an end after two decades. Expenses, partially offset by town funds, combined with low prices and demand for recyclable materials, made the program financially unsustainable. New county officials were sworn in to office in January 2023, including Clerk and Recorder Shawn Luce and commissioners Doug[Read More…]
Community Calendar: January 4, 2024
Library book club Jan. 8 MEEKER | The Meeker Public Library book club is reading The Humans by Matt Haig. We will meet to discuss the book at the Meeker Public Library on Monday, Jan. 8, at 1 p.m. Everyone is welcome! Mark your calendars for cardboard derby, ice fishing[Read More…]
Days Gone By: January 4, 2024
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago In expressing himself to the voters the candidate should prepay the freight if he expects to get there. The ice harvest is now in full blast. The weather was cold and disagreeable during the past week, the thermometer being generally below zero. Meeker Herald[Read More…]
Public Notices: January 4, 2024
THE HERALD IS RIO BLANCO COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD. GOVERNMENT ENTITIES ARE REQUIRED TO POST CERTAIN INFORMATION TO KEEP YOU, THE PUBLIC, INFORMED OF THEIR ACTIONS. PRINTED PUBLIC NOTICES CANNOT BE EASILY ALTERED AND ARE READILY AVAILABLE, REGARDLESS OF DIGITAL KNOW-HOW. MORE TRANSPARENCY = LESS OVERREACH = HAPPIER CITIZENS. DISTRICT[Read More…]
Correction
MEEKER | In the Dec. 21 edition’s report on the most recent Meeker Board of Trustees meeting, we reported that the irrigation system at the Meeker Golf Course was the reason tournaments were not held in 2023. While the irrigation system at the course is old and will need to[Read More…]
Community Calendar: December 28, 2023
Skijor Registration open MEEKER | Registration is now open for Meeker Skijor! Register at meekerskijor.com. The event is set for Dec. 29-31 this year at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds. Library book club Jan. 8 MEEKER | The Meeker Public Library book club is reading The Humans by Matt Haig.[Read More…]
Days Gone By: December 28, 2023
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Last night the record for the winter, so far, was made with the government thermometer registered 28 below zero. The Herald didn’t have a reporter at the theater last Wednesday night to witness the rendition of “The Sunny South, or the Moonshiners Revenge,” but[Read More…]
Public Notices: December 14, 2023
THE HERALD IS RIO BLANCO COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD. GOVERNMENT ENTITIES ARE REQUIRED TO POST CERTAIN INFORMATION TO KEEP YOU, THE PUBLIC, INFORMED OF THEIR ACTIONS. PRINTED PUBLIC NOTICES CANNOT BE EASILY ALTERED AND ARE READILY AVAILABLE, REGARDLESS OF DIGITAL KNOW-HOW. MORE TRANSPARENCY = LESS OVERREACH = HAPPIER CITIZENS. —[Read More…]
Dec. 7, 1941: Pearl Harbor Day
“War, war, war has been the all important topic of everyone since Sunday afternoon when the radios started broadcasting the news that Pearl Harbor and the Hawaiian Islands had been bombed by Japanese planes. Everyone knew that strained relations existed between the United States and Japan but no one was[Read More…]
Public Notices: December 7, 2023
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Robert James Johnson, AKA Robert J Johnson, Robert Johnson, Bob Johnson, Deceased Case No.: 2023PR11 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of undefined County, Colorado on or[Read More…]
